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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>ABI</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Application Binary Interface
                </p>
              </td>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>ALFS</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Automated Linux From Scratch
                </p>
              </td>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>API</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Application Programming Interface
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>ASCII</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  American Standard Code for Information Interchange
                </p>
              </td>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>BIOS</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Basic Input/Output System
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>BLFS</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Beyond Linux From Scratch
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>BSD</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Berkeley Software Distribution
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>chroot</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  change root
                </p>
              </td>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>CMOS</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
                </p>
              </td>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>COS</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Class Of Service
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>CPU</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Central Processing Unit
                </p>
              </td>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>CRC</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Cyclic Redundancy Check
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>CVS</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Concurrent Versions System
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>DHCP</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>DNS</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Domain Name Service
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>EGA</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Enhanced Graphics Adapter
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>ELF</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Executable and Linkable Format
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>EOF</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  End of File
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>EQN</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  equation
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>ext2</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  second extended file system
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>ext3</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  third extended file system
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>ext4</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  fourth extended file system
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>FAQ</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Frequently Asked Questions
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>FHS</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>FIFO</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  First-In, First Out
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>FQDN</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Fully Qualified Domain Name
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>FTP</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  File Transfer Protocol
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>GB</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Gigabytes
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>GCC</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  GNU Compiler Collection
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>GID</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Group Identifier
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>GMT</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Greenwich Mean Time
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>HTML</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Hypertext Markup Language
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>IDE</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Integrated Drive Electronics
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>IEEE</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>IO</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Input/Output
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>IP</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Internet Protocol
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>IPC</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Inter-Process Communication
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>IRC</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Internet Relay Chat
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>ISO</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  International Organization for Standardization
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>ISP</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Internet Service Provider
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>KB</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Kilobytes
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>LED</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Light Emitting Diode
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>LFS</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Linux From Scratch
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>LSB</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Linux Standard Base
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>MB</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Megabytes
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>MBR</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Master Boot Record
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>MD5</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Message Digest 5
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>NIC</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Network Interface Card
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>NLS</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Native Language Support
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>NNTP</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Network News Transport Protocol
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>NPTL</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Native POSIX Threading Library
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>OSS</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Open Sound System
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>PCH</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Pre-Compiled Headers
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>PCRE</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Perl Compatible Regular Expression
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>PID</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Process Identifier
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>PTY</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  pseudo terminal
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>QOS</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Quality Of Service
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>RAM</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Random Access Memory
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>RPC</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Remote Procedure Call
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>RTC</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Real Time Clock
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
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                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>SBU</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Standard Build Unit
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>SCO</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  The Santa Cruz Operation
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>SHA1</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Secure-Hash Algorithm 1
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>TLDP</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  The Linux Documentation Project
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>TFTP</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Trivial File Transfer Protocol
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>TLS</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Thread-Local Storage
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>UID</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  User Identifier
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>umask</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  user file-creation mask
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>USB</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Universal Serial Bus
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>UTC</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Coordinated Universal Time
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>UUID</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Universally Unique Identifier
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>VC</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Virtual Console
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>VGA</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Video Graphics Array
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span class="term"><span class=
                  "bold"><strong>VT</strong></span></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  Virtual Terminal
                </p>
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